Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that he will ask the PEIA Finance Board to raise the health insurance plan’s 10 salary-based premium tiers by $2,700 per tier, so that 5 percent pay raises for teachers, school service personnel and other state employees that go into effect July 1 will not result in premium hikes for those workers...

With the PEIA Task Force about midway through its series of 21 public hearings statewide, member Helen Matheny updated a legislative interim committee on PEIA on the major issues emerging from those proceedings.

"There are three main areas we've been hearing consistently," Matheny said of issues with accessibility, affordability and predictability.